Sign of things to come

The household charge is a stop-gap measure that will lead to property and water taxes in the next two years. It is too much for the ordinary citizen to bear, argues Mick Barry

IT STARTS at €100 and will rise to €1,000 and more very quickly.

The household tax is an interim tax, paving the way to a full property tax in 2013 and a water tax in 2014.